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Old Pulteney from Wick, from the distillery, at 46%. Oily and coastal, with honey, vanilla and a saline lift. Sea air and honey in fine balance. From one of the mainland’s most northerly distilleries. A rounded, oily northern malt. Salt spray and soft honey. Distilled at the top of the mainland. A characterful coastal single malt.
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This official Old Pulteney single malt and bottled at 46%. Set by James Henderson in Pulteneytown, Wick, Pulteney has distilled since 1826. It is one of the last urban distilleries, set among the streets of Pulteneytown.
It was worked through Pulteney's boil ball stills, fed by Loch Hempriggs, before long maturation by the sea drew in its coastal character. Maturation came in ex-Bourbon wood, lending honey and vanilla under the salt. With no age statement, it shows a rounded, honeyed body and a clean coastal edge. Maturation by the sea is central to the house style, the brine settling into the malt. Old Pulteney is matured within sight of the harbour that gave Wick its name. The far north cold draws a clean, bright spirit and a slow take on the oak. Casks rest within sight of the harbour that once shipped herring across Europe. The make is clean and waxy, a style built over nearly two centuries by the sea.
Reduced to 46%, it is mellow. A coastal salinity meet light vanilla from the refill oak. Soft brine and orchard fruit sit behind the sweetness. The close is slow, brine over soft wax. This is Old Pulteney's classic maritime character.
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